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CLASS I.—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Miasmatic Diseases.—Measles, 7; Scarlatina, 1; Diphtheria, 1; Croup, 1; Whooping Cough, 1; Enteric or Typhoid
Fever, 4; Simple Fever, 4; Erysipelas, 1; Puerperal Fever, 3; Diarrhea, 12; Rheumatism, 2.
ORDER 3.—Dietic Diseases.—Inanition of Infancy, 1; Alcoholism, 1.
ORDER 4.—Parasitic Diseases.—Thrush, 1.

CLASS II.—CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diathetic Diseases.—Cancer, 1.
ORDER 2.—Tubercular Diseases.—Tabes Mesenterica, 2; Phthisis, 11; Hydrocephalus, 7.

CLASS III.—LOCAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Diseases of Nervous System.—Cerebritis, 1; Paralysis, 2; Convulsions, 4; Brain Disease, 7.
ORDER 2.—Diseases of Organs of Circulation.—Endocarditis, 1; Aneurism, 1; Heart Disease, 6.
ORDER 3.—Diseases of Respiratory Organs.—Laryngitis, 2; Bronchitis, 3; Pleurisy, 2; Pneumonia, 5; Asthma, 1; Lung
Disease, 2.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Digestive Organs.—Gastritis, 2; Enteritis, 1; Peritonitis, 1; Obstruction of Bowels, 1; Stomach
Disease, 1; Hepatitis, 1; Liver Disease, 1.
ORDER 5.—Diseases of Urinary Organs.—Renal Disease, 1.
ORDER 7.—Diseases of Organs of Locomotion.—Joint Disease (caries), 1.
ORDER 8.—Diseases of Integumentary System.—Pyæmia, 2.

CLASS IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
ORDER 1.—Developmental Diseases of Children.—Premature Birth, 2; Teething, 4.
ORDER 2.—Developmental Diseases of Adults.—Childbirth, 1.
ORDER 3.—Developmental Diseases of Old People.—Old Age, 1.
ORDER 4.—Diseases of Nutrition.—Atrophy and Debility, 8.

CLASS V.—VIOLENT DISEASES OR DEATHS.
ORDER 1.—Accident or Negligence.—Fractures and Contusions, 1 (kick of a horse); Burns, 2; Drowned, 1 (fall from a vessel).

The deaths from Zymotic Diseases were 1 less than in November. While deaths from Measles have fallen from 15 to 7
(all of which were still in Dunedin), the deaths from Diarrhea have increased from 5 to 12; these last cases occurred only in
Auckland and Wellington. Constitutional Diseases have increased from 12 to 21; this is chiefly attributable to the number of
deaths (7) from Hydrocephalus (or Tubercular Meningitis). The deaths from Phthisis were slightly on the increase. In the three
cases of such deaths registered in Nelson, 2 were those of persons recently arrived, in a diseased state; no history is given with
the majority of these cases. Local and Developmental Diseases were slightly on the increase last month.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th January, 1875.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

PROVISIONAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 1874.

| | AUCKLAND. | WELLINGTON. | NELSON. | CHRIST-
CHURCH. | HOKITIKA. | DUNEDIN. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average Temperature in Shade | 64.2 | 60.7 | 62.3 | 60.2 | 59.9 | 56.2 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 65.6 | 60.9 | 62.0 | 60.0 | 58.1 | 56.4 |
| Highest Temperature in Shade | 81.4 on 25th | 74.0 on 30th | 79.0 on 27th | 82.0 on 31st | 75.3 on 18th | 76.0 on 30th |
| Lowest Temperature in Shade | 50.1 on 6th | 45.5 on 6th | 40.0 on 5th | 44.1 on 6th | 42.7 on 5th | 40.0 on 5th |
| Highest Temperature in Sun | 150.0 on 26th | 42.0,21st, 26th | 46.0 on 31st | 149.5 on 29th | 97.0 on 18th | 163.0 on 2nd |
| Lowest Temperature on Grass | ... | 35.0 on 5th | ... | 31.5 on 6th | 39.2 on 5th | 38.0 on 23rd. |
| Average Moisture of Air (Saturation=100) | 75 | 79 | 72 | 82 | 81 | 83 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 74 | 71 | 75 | 72 | 85 | 72 |
| Rainfall in inches | 2.410 | 3.213 | 3.850 | 3.550 | 4.170 | 3.202 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 3.149 | 3.195 | 4.195 | 1.399 | 12.210 | 2.966 |
| Number of Days on which Rain fell | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 |
| Ditto for same month previous years | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 13 |

NOTE.—This Table is prepared from unchecked averages, transmitted by telegraph in anticipation of the full Returns, and must not be entirely
relied on for compiling Meteorological Statistics.
6th December, 1874.
J. HECTOR.

I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI., of
the Legislative Council of the Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide Claims to Land by
persons claiming title, thereto from, through, or under the New Zealand Company, report that the Claims
of the under-mentioned persons having been duly referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide
that the said persons are respectively entitled to Crown Grants of the land set against their names in
the annexed Schedule.

New Zealand Company's Land Claimants Office,
Wellington, 7th January, 1875.
DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner.